Central Intelligence Agency
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House arrest of Saudi crown prince sparks watchdog’s concern
- Middle East
- July 29, 2017, 01:00
The Saudi authorities have been urged to reveal why they have placed ousted crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef under house arrest in his mansion in the p(...)

Sean Spicer, we’ll always have ‘facts’
- US
- July 23, 2017
Oh, Sean Spicer, the White House’s four-Pinocchio press secretary, is this the end? We know we’re not supposed to “just yell out questions” but rather(...)

Virginia governor says Donald Trump’s tax plans are ‘a non-starter’
- Economy
- June 26, 2017, 06:30
Donald Trump’s plans to repatriate US corporate tax from countries like Ireland is a “non-starter” because they are tied to tax cuts for the rich, the(...)

Russia ‘meddled’ in US election - CIA director Mike Pompeo
- US
- June 24, 2017, 19:43
Russia “meddled” in last year’s US presidential election as part of a decades-long effort to “undermine American democracy”, CIA director Mike Pompeo (...)

Manuel Noriega, former Panama dictator, dies aged 83
- World
- May 30, 2017, 06:42
Manuel Antonio Noriega, the brash former dictator of Panama and sometime ally of the United States whose ties to drug trafficking led to his ousting i(...)

Chinese media salutes report that China killed US spies
- Asia-Pacific
- May 22, 2017, 16:39
Chinese tabloid the Global Times has hailed China’s anti-espionage skills after a US report at the weekend said Beijing had killed or jailed up to 20 (...)

North Korea accuses CIA of plot to kill Kim Jong-un
- Asia-Pacific
- May 5, 2017, 11:47
North Korea on Friday accused the US Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea’s intelligence service of a plot to attack its “supreme leadership” –(...)

US intervention in Middle East has a long, difficult history
- Opinion
- April 19, 2017, 05:00
US political and military intervention in the Middle East began 68 years ago, and has grown deeper and increasingly destructive since Washington’s 199(...)

Syrian refugee numbers pass five million mark in region
- Middle East
- March 30, 2017, 14:04
The number of people fleeing Syria’s civil war to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt has passed the five million mark, data from the UN refugee a(...)

WikiLeaks will help defend firms from CIA hacking, says Assange
- US
- March 9, 2017, 16:12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his group will work with technology companies to help defend them against the Central Intelligence Agency’s (...)